Rick Jervis

Journalist (Texas)
Austin-based correspondent for USA TODAY. Covers storms, droughts, politics, guns, border, people, music, life.

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Texas rebuff of immigrant IDs leaves U.S.-born kids without proof of birth

Rick Jervis
USA Today
August 17, 2015
A recent about-face by state health officials and local clerk's offices on that policy has left dozens of women without the proper proof that their children are U.S. citizens.

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Immigration Courts Bracing for Influx of Youth Migrants

Rick Jervis
USA Today
July 20, 2014
As of the end of June 2014, the 59 immigration courts across the USA, run by 243 judges, had a record backlog of 375,503 pending cases. Wait times for hearings are averaging about a year-and-a-half.



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